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  • Choicework Dialogue

    Jun 11 '12
    Author: 
    Robert Richards

    Definition

    Choicework Dialogue -- also called Choice-Dialogue or ChoiceDialogue -- developed by Viewpoint Learning, is a structured and facilitated method of face-to-face, in-person deliberation in which a representative sample of approximately 40 citizens deliberates for 8 hours about a policy issue. Choicework Dialogue has been used for public deliberations about public policy issues as well as for intraorganizational deliberations about organizational policies.

  • Citizen Conferences

    Nov 28 '12
    Author: 
    Stylianos Tsinaroglou

    Definition

    Citizen Conferences allow for citizens to deliberate and provide policy recommendations for a government entity.  The government entity can then use these recommendations to better meet the needs of its citizens.

    Participants

    The participants in citizen conferences are selected randomly to represent the diverse sets of opinions and demographics of a region (e.g. a State).  These participants are usually ordinary citizens, not stakeholders or professional lobbyists.

  • Citizens' Initiative Review

    May 29 '12
    Author: 
    Robert Richards

    Definition

    A Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) is a Citizens’ Jury that deliberates about a ballot initiative. In a CIR, organizers select a panel, made up of a random sample of 18-24 citizens, who are demographically representative of the population.

  • Community Organizing

    Jul 6 '12
    Author: 
    Eliza Pan

    Note:  This article is in need of assistance with content and editing.  Please help us compete it.

     

  • Consensus

    Nov 10 '12
    Author: 
    Patrick L. Scully

    This is a stub. We need a general overview that defines consensus as a generic method (for example, as compared to the specific use of consensus in a "consensus council."

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    Deliberation, Decisions, and Public Interaction

     

    Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

     

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